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"Don't make a noise, everyone!" An old man stood up, pressed down with both hands, and everyone was quiet, looking at the old man, and the old man looked at Zhang Zhigu, and arched his hand:

"Brother, you have to come up with an idea!"

"yes!" Everyone bowed their hands to Zhang Zhigu neatly and said, "You can get an idea!" ”

Zhang Zhigu frowned slightly, clapped his hands and said: "This matter will not be decided in a while, and it is not too early, let's discuss while eating." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Then he arranged for his subordinates to start preparing the meal. This side began to discuss the matter, and it didn't take long for the delicacies of the mountains and seas to be served, and everyone waited for so long, and they were indeed hungry, but they looked at the delicacies on the table and couldn't eat them, Lian Yiming picked up a piece of duck tongue and chewed slowly:

"Ladies and gentlemen, in fact, this matter is not difficult, as long as we publicize this matter widely among the people, and then send people to help the trouble. For example, now that the people of the north can't even eat, and they don't have a piece of tiles to stand on, Your Majesty doesn't think about the hardships of the people, and repairs the Wanshou Palace, and those scholars from the Guozijian will definitely go to Your Majesty to die, which will cause an uproar, and this matter will definitely be over. ”

Zhang Zhigu shook his head slowly and said: "Your Majesty is not a foolish person, then Luo Xin is a wise person, and he will not think that this matter is what we are behind the promotion." The Son of Heaven is against the Son of Heaven, and the result does not need to be said. Maybe Your Majesty will withdraw the will to repair the Wanshou Palace, but he will definitely settle accounts with us in the future. ”

"That'...... Are we going to pay for it? After digging this time, there will be a next time, can't the court send it in the future, and we can't donate it? Even if we have tens of thousands of family fortunes, it is not enough to exploit the court, and this head can't be opened! ”

"Wait!" Zhang Zhigu said lightly.

"What are you waiting for?"

"Wait for news!"

As soon as his words fell, he saw another middle-aged man walk into the hall, looking at Zhang Zhigu and stopping to speak. Zhang Zhigu said lightly:

"Say it!"

Everyone was silent, and they all stood up, their eyes locked on the middle-aged man, and the middle-aged man said in a condensed voice:

"Master, the villain has inquired clearly. This matter starts from Xu Ge Lao forcing Luo Hou to go to the household department to ask for the silver for His Majesty to repair the Wanshou Palace. Naturally, the household department did not have any silver, but Xu Ge Lao gave Luo Hou another month's death order, and seeing that on the last day, Luo Hou did not ask for a penny of silver from the household department. And at this time, Gao Ge Lao gave His Majesty an idea, asking His Majesty to hand over the repair of Wanshou Palace to Luo Hou, no matter what method Luo Hou used, he could repair Wanshou Palace. Then Luo Hou went to the household department and asked for the list of masters. ”

Everyone couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this: "Xu Jie and Luo Xin have a grudge, and we all know that they suppressed Luo Xin, but Gao Gong and Luo Hou have no enmity!" Why did you give His Majesty this idea? ”

"Could it be that Gao Gong saw that he couldn't win over Luo Xin, so he simply drank Xu Jie's alliance against Luo Xin?"

When it comes to businessmen at their level, paying attention to the major affairs of the court is the homework they must do, and they are all familiar with Luo Xin's suppression by Xu Jie's suppression and being co-opted by Gao Gong.

Zhang Zhigu narrowed his eyes slightly, and said secretly in his heart: "It's probably so!" In this way, this is Xu Jie's and Gao Gong's team! ”

As a big businessman, Zhang Zhigu knows more about the affairs of the court than the people present, and he knows very well in his heart that the reason why Xu Jie dares to suppress Luo Xin so much is because of Emperor Jiajing, because Emperor Jiajing is jealous of Luo Xin and supports Xu Jie, and Xu Jie will suppress Luo Xin so much. Is it now that Gao Gong also saw the meaning of Emperor Jiajing and decided to follow Emperor Jiajing's meaning?

He thought about it again these days, Emperor Jiajing unusually began to support Gao Gong, so could this matter be related to Luo Xin? Did Gao Gong agree to join forces with Xu Jie to suppress Luo Xin, in exchange for the support of Emperor Jiajing?

In this way, this is not that Emperor Jiajing wants to repair the Wanshou Palace, but wants to use this matter to rectify Luo Xin. So......

If we add fuel to the fire and put all the on Luo Xin's head, wouldn't it be in line with the will of Emperor Jiajing, Xu Jie, and Gao Gong? Don't have to worry about settling accounts after the fall?

Seeing Zhang Zhigu sitting there without saying a word, squinting his eyes and thinking, everyone's voices gradually stopped, they all knew Zhang Zhigu's demeanor very well, as long as it was this demeanor, it was to think clearly about the reason and find a solution.

About two quarters of an hour passed, Zhang Zhigu's narrowed eyes opened, everyone was in good spirits, and Lian Yiming asked anxiously:

"But my brother has figured out why?"

"There's a speculation!" Zhang Zhigu said softly:

"I'll hear you!"

Zhang Zhigu nodded lightly and said, "My guess is ......"

When Zhang Zhigu finished speaking, everyone was stunned. A hint of sharpness flashed in Zhang Zhigu's eyes and said:

"If this is the case, we can contribute to this matter behind the scenes, and we don't have to worry about Your Majesty and the Pavilion Old Sect settling accounts."

"But......" Lin Pinghai's expression showed reluctance and said: "In this case, I'm afraid that Luo Hou will be punished by His Majesty." ”

"Sneer......" A sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked man sneered: "Brother Lin is righteous, it is better for Brother Lin to give the family property to Luo Hou first, and solve Luo Hou's urgent need." ”

Lin Pinghai's face turned red and said: "Brother Luan, I didn't mean that, I just sighed that Luo Hou made miraculous contributions to the Ming Dynasty, and we were also the ones who benefited at the beginning, if there was no Luo Hou, Huang Taiji would have broken through the capital, I'm afraid that all of us would have died, where can we still sit here?" Now that Luo Hou is being persecuted like this, is there any hope for this Ming Dynasty? And by doing this, we are undoubtedly pushing Luo Hou further down the abyss, is this appropriate? ”

Everyone fell silent when they heard this, and the sharp-beaked monkey cheeked said: "It's no wonder that we, Luo Xin can completely refuse Your Majesty, and tell Your Majesty that he can't do it, so even if Your Majesty punishes him, it is only a dismissal, and he can still be his idle marquis." Now he has transferred the pressure from His Majesty to us merchants, and wants to achieve his goal of getting out of danger by exploiting us, which means that he is unkind in the first place, and he cannot blame us for being unjust. ”

Lin Pinghai sighed, lowered his head and stopped talking. Lian Yi looked at Zhang Zhigu and said, "Brother, you have to get an idea, what are we going to do?" ”

Zhang Zhigu said in a condensed voice: "We can't open this head, no matter how much Luo Hou has been wronged, we can't be treated as lambs to be slaughtered." ”

"What do you mean?"

"We're going to push it in the back!"

"But ......" Lin Pinghai Huo Ran raised his head and said: "The consequences of this, then Luo Hou is not as simple as being dismissed and being an idle marquis." ”

Zhang Zhigu was silent for a moment, sighed and said, "I know that once we start to contribute to this matter from behind, it is very likely that things will get out of control. If Luo Xin had shirked this matter when His Majesty had given an order, he might just be dismissed and still be his idle marquis. However, once we start to lay out this matter, there will be a lot of unforeseen things happening. We're here to lay out, to push. But once things get pushed, maybe more forces will get involved and add fuel to the fire. For example, the Xu steps, such as the high arch. When the time comes, the crowd will be surging, and if a certain scholar dies in front of the gate of the palace, he will come to die. What's more, once under the guidance of someone, resulting in a riot in the capital, Luo Xin will be deprived of the title of marquis at worst, and his post will be reduced to the people, if it is serious, maybe His Majesty will take this opportunity to kill Luo Xin.

But everything happens for a reason. If he hadn't bullied us, he wouldn't have had this fruit. They are fighting with immortals, why should we let our people suffer? He believed in it for self-preservation, and so did we. If you donate this time, you will continue to donate to various projects in the future. That's when we lost our families and even lost our lives.

So, we're not overdoing it. If Luo Xin wants to complain, he can only complain about himself, and he should not treat us as lambs who can be exploited at will. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Zhigu sneered and said, "I'm afraid that the high-ranking Luo Hou has never taken us businessmen seriously." ”

"That'...... We're not donating? ”

"Donate!" Zhang Zhigu said lightly: "Luo Hou spoke, how can we not give face?" And if we don't don't, what happens next will be obvious to us. So we want to donate, but what happened next has nothing to do with us, after all, Luo Xin has also made countless enemies in the court, and it is normal to have a big enemy like Xu Jie, and it is normal to harm Luo Hou behind his back. Therefore, the things we are promoting behind the scenes must be kept secret, cautious, and don't let others find out, so let Luo Hou hate Xu Jie. ”

"Hahaha......"

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and their hearts relaxed.

"Not bad!

As long as they are cautious in this matter, Luo Xin will not suspect them, and Emperor Jiajing will not suspect them, let Xu Jie carry this black cauldron, and they don't have to worry about Emperor Jiajing's reckoning after the autumn. ”

"How much do we donate?" The sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked man asked.

Zhang Zhigu smiled faintly and said, "Then it depends on your own intentions and strength." To be embarrassed, our Zhang family suffered huge losses in this war in the north, so I can only donate 500 taels of silver. ”

"Since the elder brother donated five hundred taels, and the younger brother's family background is not as good as the elder brother, the younger brother will donate three hundred taels."

"Little brother donates two hundred taels!"

"Little brother donate fifty taels!"

“…………”

“…………”

"Brother, presumably Luo Xin's invitation will be delivered to our respective mansions soon, so should we go?"

"Brother, I've been overworked recently, and I'm going to go outside the city to recuperate for a while, and I'll let my brother go."

Luo Fu.

Luo Xin had already returned to the study, put the list on the table and said to Jinyang Bajie:

"Okay, here's the work, let's divide the work and write an invitation."

The nine people quickly finished writing the invitation, and Luo Xin called:

"Daqing!"

"Master Hou!" Lu Daqing walked in from outside.

"Let Lu Yuan come to see me."

"Yes!"

Lu Daqing answered and left in a hurry. After a while, Lu Yuan walked in from outside and said to Luo Xinshi:

"I've seen Master Hou!"

Then he saluted Zhou Yu and the others: "I've seen all the masters." ”

Luo Xin said to Lu Yuan: "Lu Yuan, you send someone to send these invitations according to the address, and they must be delivered today." ”

"Yes, Master Hou!" Lu Yuan hurriedly left with the invitation.

Palace.

The Imperial Study.

Emperor Jiajing looked at Xu Jie and Gao Gong standing in front of him, his face sank like water, and said coldly: "Now that it is about to enter winter, the people in the north are displaced, you still can't think of a way, do you want my people to freeze to death?" ”

Xu Jie and Gao Gong both lowered their heads and remained silent.

"Bang!" Emperor Jiajing angrily slapped the imperial book case and shouted: "Speak! I have brought you into the cabinet to share my worries. See what you have done with my country? What do I want you to do? ”

Cold sweat oozed from Xu Jiehe Gao Gong's forehead, and Emperor Jiajing scolded for a while, then slowly calmed down and asked coldly:

"How much money do you need for disaster relief?"

"Back to Your Majesty!" Xu Jie said softly: "At least one million taels of silver are needed." ”

"How much worse now?"

Xu Jie secretly glanced at Emperor Jiajing, looking hesitant.

"Say!" Emperor Jiajing snorted coldly.

"Treasury...... The treasury had only 300,000 taels of silver...... This is still on the premise of giving half of the salary to the officials......"

Emperor Jiajing's face turned pale, and he said with a painful face: "Neiku will take out 50,000 taels of silver, and you will find a way to do the rest." I don't care what you do, before winter, you have to figure it out. ”

"Yes!"

"Stand down!"

"Retire!"

Day 2.

Evening.

The carriages in front of the Luofu gradually increased, and one by one the business-looking people got down from the carriage, and under the arrangement of Lu Yuan, the governor of Luofu, they came to the hall of Luofu one by one.

Inside the hall, they didn't see Luo Xin. Not only Luo Xin, but even Zhou Yu and others are not here. Only a few maids shuttled through the hall, and only served everyone a cup of tea, and not as they imagined before they came, Luo Xin would put on a banquet to entertain them. One by one they sat on the chairs in the hall, making eye contact with each other.

Palace.

The Imperial Study.

Emperor Jiajing sat on the chair as if he was asleep, and Huang Jin stood in the shadow of the imperial study, secretly looking at Emperor Jiajing from time to time. Emperor Jiajing opened his eyes slightly, and asked in a condensed voice:

"What's going on in front of Luofu?"

"Back to Your Majesty!" Huang Jin came out of the shadows: "Twenty-seven merchants have sent their representatives, and they have entered the Luo Mansion one after another. ”

Emperor Jiajing suddenly opened his eyes, and a trace of warm anger flashed in his eyes: "Is it just a representative?" ”

"Yes!"

Emperor Jiajing closed his eyes again, but his chest rose and fell violently. Half a sound, two words were squeezed out from between his teeth:

"Damn it!"

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